How to set up configuration file for multiple servers

If you install Joomla on multiple servers, you can have a config file that works on all servers. You don’t have to change the config file everytime you copy to a different host. I will show you how to do it easily, so you can work on a development server as well as production server without breaking the site. Open the config file in Joomla root folder. You can use Notepad or any PHP Editor. Add a condition statement “if else” right before the class JConfig. $server =…

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Google Map will not load in hidden tab and switcher

If you embed Google Map in your website or application, you’ll have to place it outside of hidden tab; Or you’ll need to add a trigger in JavaScript to load the map; however, visitors of your website must double click to fully load the map. You can add this trigger like this on the page: google.maps.event.trigger(map0, ‘resize’); Or you can add a function call to Click event of a map tab: $( “#TabIDHere” ).click(function() { google.maps.event.trigger(map0, ‘resize’); }); remove nits

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How to display Prev/Next buttons on a Nivo slider when MouseOver

Most of slider effects will display the Prev/Next buttons by default once you open the page that contain a slider effect. Whether you build a slider for a CMS or a shopping cart or a regular HTML page, you can be able to change the codes in CSS and slider block on your HTML page. Here’s how you do it. Open the CSS file that supports the slider, add a style for the Prev/Next layer. Hide the layer on display first. .parent .navigation-links { display:none;…

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How to stop a webpage from auto refreshing constantly

There’re a few questions related to this matter I received today from my clients. Some of them have tried “break;” and “window.stop();” and “pause();” and “window.location.reload(false);”, … you name it; however, non of them works. There’s a trick to reload a webpage once and stop the webpage from auto-refreshing itself. At the end of the URL, add the pound sign like this # in the Get or Post URL. Then when you retrieve the value by GET/POST variables, remember to remove the # sign by…

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Between WordPress and Joomla, what should I use?

Up until todate, we’ve received a few questions about what to choose between WordPress and Joomla from our new clients. So we do some research and this is the best comparisons of the two most popular CRMs right now. This document was created back in January 2013 by Redgiantdesign so it’s considered to be quite recent. Please click on this link to view the entire comparison in graphic.

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